Are you effected by BJ religious song content ?

I don´t really care.

Dry County is actually my favourite song, and I see it as lack of faith in life and perhaps desperation and maybe close to suicide rather than any religious aspect, despite those lines Richie mentioned and more.

We can analyse any song from different points of view and see different things. To me Dry County is quite an epic song, a short film almost and would have made a good video had they not cut 1/3rd of it.

I see the main song as having quite a barren and lonely feel, a place that has no hope of a future and very desolate (sp?). Then there is a glimmer of hope, the emotion of the first guitar solo sounds fantastic and is very well played. Then it calms, the calm before the storm, and we gradually build up to what we think is going to be something good finally, a big payoff, and there is the fast paced, exciting guitar solo, but after it is finished it returns to how it was before. Very dull, boring and no hope.

Just my analogy. What do you see?

And Dave's a practicing Jewish. The words "faith" and "lord" aren't used in the religious sense except for songs like "Hey God". And Jons religion isn't too "strong". "If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope". He doesn't even believe in Jesus, what makes you think he's religious?

Jon's using these words in order to provoke emotion. Religion and rock has long been a problem in the US, and by adding references of him not agreeing with churches beliefs could be seen as a rebel act. I don't think there's any religious background to the lyrics.

Ice

Let's take out all the covers and duplicates:


Relating to the word God.

August 7, 4:15 Destination Anywhere LYR N/A
Born To Be My Baby New Jersey LYR N/A
Damned These Days LYR N/A
Dry County Keep the Faith LYR N/A
Growin' Up The Hard Way Rare LYR N/A
Hearts Breaking Even These Days LYR N/A
Hey God These Days LYR N/A
If God Was a Woman Undiscovered Soul LYR N/A
I'll Be There For You New Jersey LYR N/A
Let It Rain Rare LYR N/A
Little City Destination Anywhere LYR N/A
Living In Sin New Jersey LYR N/A
No Regrets Bounce LYR N/A
Now And Forever Rare LYR N/A
Open All Night Bounce LYR N/A
Real Life Rare LYR N/A
Save the World Crush LYR N/A
Something To Believe In These Days LYR N/A
Undivided Bounce LYR N/A
Who I Am Undiscovered Soul LYR N/A
Wild Is The Wind New Jersey LYR N/A

references to Jesus

Dry County Keep the Faith LYR N/A
I Talk To Jesus Rare LYR N/A
If God Was a Woman Undiscovered Soul LYR N/A
Made in America Undiscovered Soul LYR N/A
Save A Prayer Keep the Faith LYR N/A
Something To Believe In These Days LYR N/A


references to Lord

Bad Medicine (TLFR) This Left Feels Right LYR N/A
Blaze Of Glory Blaze of Glory LYR N/A
Chained Undiscovered Soul LYR N/A
I Got the Girl Crush LYR N/A
Keep The Faith Keep the Faith LYR N/A
Maybe Tomorrow JBJ Power Station Years LYR N/A
No One Does It Like You JBJ Power Station Years LYR N/A
Starting All Over Again Rare LYR N/A
Temptation Rare LYR N/A


A significantly shorter list and it still lists all the "rare" and unreleased songs. Plus most of the songs deal with religion as something to doubt about or even laugh at (like I Talk To Jesus or If God Was A Woman).

Ice

I am with the consensus here. I don't think that BJ use the words god, jesus and lord in a religious sense.

Yes, atheists use the words god and jesus frequently.

I use oh my god ALL the time and it is not a conscientous outcry to god for help in any shape or form - would be kind of inappropriate in my situations anyway.

And no, it doesn't bother me in the least that they use those words - particularly since I don't view them as a religion preaching band

As most of you probably know my fabourate BJ album is Keep The Faith, which is probably the most religious record. Therefore I don't give a damn as long as they aren't disrespectful of religion. I'm not a religious man myself, but I know that some people who are may be offended by the lyrical content of some songs. Luckily I don't think Bon Jovi have ever offended anyone religiously with their lyrics.

There are a lot of religious and Biblical references in their songs and it doesn't bother me. The entire Blaze CD and Keep the Faith are both heavy on relgious references and those are still my two favorite CDs after all these years.

Becky

Aloha !

This is a stupid thread. Dawn is only willing to believe what she's willing to here. The other arguments will just be neglected or not really be answered; The same annoying things most people that are Christian in extreme ways do.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

others do that too ....


I couldn't vote though, as the 'REAL' option isn't available

I don;t think bon jovi have a religious agenda of any sort going on. Most of their use of word's like God and Lord are there specifically because they're powerful emotive words and alot of their songs is about faith and belief in something, not necesarillu religion.